I can't believe that no-one has made this topic, so, what is your favourite book/books?
Mine are: Hitch-Hikers Guide by Douglas Adams, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Animal Farm by George Orwell, Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham and 2001 by Arthur C Clarke.
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I have a habit of asking this question when I make a new friend. Lots of times I learn a lot about them from their choice, other times I learn of a good book to read.
Mine is Atlas Shrugged, hands down.
Mine is Atlas Shrugged, hands down.
I believe it's time for mankind to set aside the crutch of religion and embrace morality born of reason and truth. Those crutches have long since proven treacherous when the ground gets slippery.
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Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Galapagos, The Hot Zone, The Game of Thrones series, craploads of other stuff.
True terror lies in the futility of human existence.
Malcolm Reynolds is my co-pilot.
"The only freedom deserving the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental and spiritual. Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest." - John Stuart Mill
Malcolm Reynolds is my co-pilot.
"The only freedom deserving the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental and spiritual. Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest." - John Stuart Mill
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Yesterday, I would have named A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle, as my favourite book, but after finishing An Acceptable Time, I'm starting to question how much I liked the series.
Still one of my favourites, though.
Other favourites of mine are the Harry Potter books, the His Dark Materials series, the Artemis Fowl series, the Inheritance series, and The Lord of The Rings books.
I cannot pick between them, they are all so good.
Still one of my favourites, though.
Other favourites of mine are the Harry Potter books, the His Dark Materials series, the Artemis Fowl series, the Inheritance series, and The Lord of The Rings books.
I cannot pick between them, they are all so good.
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami;
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez;
Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson;
Schrödinger's Cat by Robert Anton Wilson;
Lots of other stuff by Robert Anton Wilson;
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco;
Nausea by Jean Paul Sartre (you gotta read it all the way through);
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco;
Monkey Brain Sushi: New tastes in Japanese fiction (miscellaneous authors);
Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje;
Expecting Someone Taller by Tom Holt;
The Island of the Day Before by Umberto Eco;
In the Miso Soup by Ryu Murakami (no relation);
A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke;
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick;
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez;
Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson;
Schrödinger's Cat by Robert Anton Wilson;
Lots of other stuff by Robert Anton Wilson;
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco;
Nausea by Jean Paul Sartre (you gotta read it all the way through);
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco;
Monkey Brain Sushi: New tastes in Japanese fiction (miscellaneous authors);
Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje;
Expecting Someone Taller by Tom Holt;
The Island of the Day Before by Umberto Eco;
In the Miso Soup by Ryu Murakami (no relation);
A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke;
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick;
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Oh my goodness I forgot my absolute favorite book of all time, The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins.
An absolute must read for anyone who likes biology, zoology, evolution, or thinks a material world can't be richly spiritual.
An absolute must read for anyone who likes biology, zoology, evolution, or thinks a material world can't be richly spiritual.
True terror lies in the futility of human existence.
Malcolm Reynolds is my co-pilot.
"The only freedom deserving the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental and spiritual. Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest." - John Stuart Mill
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